Commando 42-60954

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-60954

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26829

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU469

FATE: Written off

  Unknown date to April 1944

  42-60954 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)

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Unknown date

Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.

  April 1944 to April 1946

  42-60954 - USAAF (USA)

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3 April 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

3 May 1944

Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.

31 July 1944

Received major damage in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a ground accident.

Pilot: John F. Nelson

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

  April 1946 to January 1957

  42-60954 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

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10 April 1946

Purchased.

  January 1957 to May 1957

  N7846B - AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS INC. (USA)

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16 January 1957

Purchased.

9 May 1957

Departed India on a ferry flight to the USA.

18 May 1957

Arrived in Miami, FL.

  May 1957 to June 1957

  N7846B - L & J TRADING COMPANY (USA)

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10 May 1957

Purchased.

  June 1957

  N7846B - CARIBBEAN AIRCRAFT & SUPPLY COMPANY (USA)

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June 1957

Purchased.

  June 1957 to October 1958

  N7846B - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES) (VENEZUELA)

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21 June 1957

Delivered, probably leased. [the RANSA period is only quoted by AB]

10 November 1958

Registration cancelled.

  October 1958 to May 1959

  OB-WBP-507 - TAPSA (TRANSPORTES AEREOS PERUANAS SA) (PERU)

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27 October 1958

Purchased.

13 May 1959

Damaged beyond repair near Tournavista, Peru in a CFIT (12/12 fatalities).

The Commando was operating a scheduled passenger flight between Tournavista and Tarapoto, Peru. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing in marginal weather conditions, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 30 km south of Tournavista. The wreckage was found a few hours later. The 3 crewmembers and 9 passengers were killed.